Portable house.



R. l. JOHNS.-

PORTABLE HOUSE. APPLICATION msn Ausn, i917.

Patented Mar. 4,1919.

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UNITED sTATEsrATENT Y nonna!!! I. JONS, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PORTABLE HOUSE.

i Specification of Lettersvlatent. l i Itiellljed iwal'. 4, 1919.

origina; application inea January a, 1917,`seria1nb. 140,051. Dividedand this application mea August 1,

To all whom t may concern: y y

Be itknown that LROBERT l. JOHNS., a citizenof the UnitedStates ofAmerica, and a residentofBrooklym` Kings county,

and State of New York,` haveinvented cer` tain new anduseful'lmprovements in Portable Houses, of which the followingis aspecification, reference being hadto. ,the accompanying drawings,forming a part thereof.V

My invention relates to portable or sectional houses, garages, and otherbuildings. In my copending application Serial No. 140,051 filed January2, 1917, of which this application is a division, I have shown anddescribed a portable building which possesses a number of features ofspecial utility and my present invention is particularly concerned withbuilding beams and the structure of the interchangeable sections.

Gne object of my present invention is to provide an imlproved portablehouse structure that sha1 be so arranged and constructed that it may bepacked inV a very small compass and economically shipped to greatdistances.

Another object is to provide a portable house or building structure thatshall be composed of a plurality of sections of material size which mayreadily be interchanged and secured in the complete building so that thebuilding may be transferred short distances from one location to anotherand at the same time each section being composed of parts which may beentirely disassembled for the purpose of shipping the structure in avery small compass.

In order that my invention may be thoroughly understood I will nowproceed to describe the same in the following specilica-- tion, and thenpoint out the novel features thereof in appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 1s an elevation of a building wall embodying my invention,showing parts of a plurality of adjacent units. 1

2 and 3 are Sectional plan views showingthe same building section.

Figa illustrates the nesting of the studs for shipment.

10,111 and 12 designate units of a building wall. They are identical insize so that they maybe interchanged and assembled in anyorder desired,and they are structurally similar except that the unit 11 is provided1917.4 Seria1N0.183,872.

as illustrated, with a window sash 13 whereas the other two units 10 and12 are blank wall units. The window sash is intended `to berepresentative of any suitable window or door arrangement, my idea beingto have the units interchangeable in order that the window or door unitmay be placed wheri ever. 1t 1s found most convenient or most suitableto have it located.

The section 11, as illustrated, comprises an inner plate or board 14:,an outer plate 15 preferably formed of sheet metal, vertical spacingstuds 17, and bolts 18. These parts were assembled to constitute aunitwhich is complete in itself and as clearly explained isinterchangeable with other units of the house.

It is nevertheless composed of parts or members which may easily beassembled and taken apart. By this means the structure may be packed ina small amount of space for longl distance shipments as for example,from one country to another, or it may be shipped locally from place toplace, with out taking apart the various units of the building, bymerely separating the house into its units.

The outer sheet metal plate 15 of each unit is formed with a bead orchannel 19 near each end so that when the two units are brought togetherthe sheet` metal plates may overlap with the beads nesting as shown inFig; 3. This makes the outer covering of the house tight and makes iteasy to assemble the units.

The wall board or plates of whatever character on the interior of thebuilding, are not overlapped but their abutting edges are covered by aclamping bead or strip 20 which is held in place by bolts 21 whichextend through the studs of the building.

The .spacing of the studs in the building is such as to accommodate theunits. Con` sequently, the principal building studs may be placed inposition before any of the units are erected.

Each of the studs of which the units are composed as well as the mainstuds of the building to which the units are attached, is preferablyformed of sheet metal and has a channel-shape with liaring webs so thatthe channels may be nested together in compact form for shipment.

It is evident that structural modifications may be eected within thespirit and scope union.

of my invention, and I intend only such y limitations as are imposed bythe appended spacing studs of channel-shaped cross-scction, anddetachable means for holding the parts-of eaoli section-together andindependent means for connecting the sections togetliei';v

"3.' A portable house comprising assembledsect'ion's of a plurality ofparts, each section being .constructed to be. y. .connected .with anadjacent section, means for connecting said sections together, anddetachable means independent iof .the means for connecting the sectionsfor clamping the parts of each section together.

In Witness whereof, ,I 4have hereunto set my liand this 23A day' "ofJuly, 191,7.

. ROBERT I. JOI-INS.

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